Joint Cluster Initiatives EUROCLUSTERS

Are you a cluster, cluster network or organisation supporting the green and digital transitions helping to build EU resilience?

To implement the updated EU Industrial Strategy, the European Commission has launched around 30 cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary and trans-European strategic Joint Cluster Initiatives (JCI) called ‘Euroclusters’.

With a budget of €42 million, Euroclusters will contribute to building resilience and accelerating transition to green and digital economy.

The call’s key objectives are to:

• Create a network to improve the resilience of the EU industrial ecosystems
• Develop interconnected value chains in the EU Single Market
• Innovate for strategic autonomy to build capacity for critical supplies and technologies
• Adopt processes for a greener and more digital economy
• Training to re-skill the workforce
• Go international to boost access to global supply and value chains.

Proposals will focus on one of 15 strands:

• Open Strand which invites proposals focused on cross fertilisation of various industrial ecosystems with no specific focus on one industrial ecosystem.

There are also 14 industrial ecosystem strands:

• Tourism
• Mobility-Transport-Automotive
• Aerospace & Defence
• Construction
• Agri-food
• Energy Intensive Industries
• Textiles
• Creative & Cultural Industries
• Digital
• Renewable Energy
• Electronics
• Retail
• Proximity & Social Economy
• Health

The deadline is 30 November 2021 at 17:00 CET.

Learn more about this call here.

Apply here.